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..... TrayVON might have been the one spoiling for a fight. Might have had a chip on his shoulder and considered any question, no matter how apparently friendly, as an unacceptable intrusion. I've met folks like that (we probably all have). We'll never know.

OK... lets interject a little factoid.
I cook. I work with 17 - 22 year old dishwashers 5 days a week.
NO STONED KID ON A SKITTLE RUN WANTS A FIST FIGHT!.
They wanna run back home and get more stoned!

its just like, if you wanna get rid of all ill eagle drugs just have the cops deliver every pizza ordered after 11:30 p.m.

"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold

"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin

Or would he have observed from a distance to see that the police were following through on his call?

We don't know from how far back Zimmerman was surveilling TraVON before the altercation. At least one version I have heard seems to indicate that Zimmerman was following from a distance, and had turned back to his truck when TraVON confronted him. If so, perhaps Zimmerman was being pretty responsible. I don't know why anyone carries a sidearm unless they have some concern that they might need it sometime. Pistols are heavy, and if attached to your pants or belt will tend to pull them down, they poke you when you sit and usually must be carried in such a fashion as to not be noticeable. All somewhat uncomfortable. Not something many would put up with unless they perceived a need. Seems to me that to some extent you are suggesting that anyone that felt the need to carry probably shouldn't carry.

Last edited by HPL; 06-29-2013 at 10:22 PM.

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